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About Erin Cassidy

Erin Cassidy is the Branch Manager at NOPL Brewerton. She enjoys the nerdy side of life including sci-fi and fantasy entertainment, tabletop and video gaming, and design activities like assembling LEGO kits, iterating original pixel art, and recreating her apartment as a 3D model. She has been known to take Zumba classes and you may spot her at an English Country Dance.

Start the New Year with AI

2025-01-17T10:17:51-05:00Categories: Blog|Tags: |

Generative AI tools are here and they are just that, tools. Just like a sharp knife is better for chopping, it can be dangerous as well. AI has done a lot of great things, including unlocking protein folding and cancer screening for better medical outcomes; assisting people, including individuals with disabilities, with everyday tasks; monitoring roads and water supply infrastructure to prioritize repairs and fix hazardous conditions. It’s also been applied to scientific uses such as wildlife conservation and categorizing astronomical data to spot near-earth objects and much more-- even identifying if a work is the product of AI!